https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296372 Certiorari is available only to correct determinations made by a body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial power, not ministerial or administrative acts. In election proceedings, where the municipal council did not adjudicate any disputed issue or resolve the validity of votes, the presiding member's role in counting ballots and declaring the elected candidate remained ministerial. The election rules permitted rejection only of a voting paper invalid on its face, such as one bearing the voter's signature or more than one cross, and conferred no authority to decide broader questions of vote validity. On that footing, the act challenged was not a judicial determination, so certiorari was not available. en-us Wed, 16 Apr 1930 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Jul 2021 12:39:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296372 Certiorari is available only to correct determinations made by a body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial power, not ministerial or administrative acts. In election proceedings, where the municipal council did not adjudicate any disputed issue or resolve the validity of votes, the presiding member's role in counting ballots and declaring the elected candidate remained ministerial. The election rules permitted rejection only of a voting paper invalid on its face, such as one bearing the voter's signature or more than one cross, and conferred no authority to decide broader questions of vote validity. On that footing, the act challenged was not a judicial determination, so certiorari was not available. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 16 Apr 1930 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296372